to extend permanently the income test exemption for the Western Australian Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Cost of Living Rebate Scheme; seven Acts to reduce from 13 to 6 weeks the length of time individuals can spend overseas while continuing to receive certain income support payments and family payments; the

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

,

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

,

Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Act 2011

and

Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011

to remove eligibility for family tax benefit (FTB) Part A for people over 18 years of age unless they are in full-time secondary study; the

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

to provide that the rate of FTB Part A for a child is not restricted to the base child rate due to privately collecting less than the full child support entitlement; the

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

and

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

to allow a person’s percentage of care for child support and FTB purposes to be based on the actual care of the child immediately in special circumstances; the

Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Act 2011

and

Social Security Act 1991

to clarify the eligibility of a group of low-income families to the clean energy low income supplement; and the

to enable the Treasurer to make more than one determination, for a financial year, of the restricted and unrestricted levy amounts, restricted and unrestricted levy percentages and the superannuation entity levy base.

to: allow all disability support pensioners to work up to 30 hours a week without having payments suspended or cancelled;

Social Security Act 1991

to: provide that certain disability support pensioners under 35 years of age with a work capacity of at least eight hours a week attend participation interviews and develop a participation plan with Centrelink; and provide that certain disability support pensioners may live outside Australia indefinitely and continue to receive the disability support pension; and

in relation to: age requirements for social security payments; income tests for newstart and youth allowances; claims for newstart allowance; working credit balances; a parenting payment transitional arrangement; and a technical amendment;

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

in relation to the determination of penalty amounts for no show no pay failures or reconnection failures; and

Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

to provide additional funding for the Student Education Trusts measure for the 1 January 2012 to 30 June 2013 appropriation period.

Part of a package of three bills to implement the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory framework, the bill amends the:

Social Security Act 1991

and

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

to enable income management to be triggered by referrals from state and territory agencies; and

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

to: enable the minister to specify states, territories or areas in which the vulnerable, long-term welfare payment and disengaged youth income management measures will apply; provide that income management continues despite a change in residence; and provide that certain parents may be required to enter into a school attendance plan and may have income support payments suspended if the plan is not complied with.

; and enable Land Councils, if requested to do so, to provide assistance to owners of community living areas;

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

to: provide that the restriction on prohibited material will continue, with the Minister for Indigenous Affairs responsible for determining to which areas this restriction applies; require the minister to review these restrictions after seven years; and provide for the sunset of the restriction of prohibited material provisions after ten years;

Crimes Act 1914

to enable customary law and cultural practice to be considered in bail and sentencing decisions for certain offences; and

to: increase the superannuation guarantee age of an employee at which the superannuation guarantee no longer needs to be provided from 70 to 75 years of age; and incrementally increase the superannuation guarantee charge percentage from 9 per cent to reach 12 per cent in the 2019-20 financial year.

to: provide students from Inner Regional Areas with access to independent youth allowance; reset relocation scholarship values from 2012 for eligible regional students and provide for the values to be indexed from 2013; reduce the value of the student start-up scholarship payment from 2012 and provide for the payments to be indexed annually from 2013; provide for the cessation of the Rural Tertiary Hardship Fund; and make technical amendments.